The Prosperity of the Church in Troublous Times

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Excerpt from The Prosperity of the Church in Troublous Times: A Sermon, Preached at Pictou, Friday, Feb'y 25th, 1814 (the Year Before Waterloo), With Introductory Remarks To the prophet, this devotional'exercrse was succeeded by such display of the goodness of God, as afforded him a cheering prospect of the approaching prosperity of the Church. Captivity and dispersion had not separated Israel from the loving kindness of the Lord, they were still the objects of His affectionate regard, and Jerusalem was graven upon the palms of his hands. In the painful discipline of the Church, His designs were mercy 3 and the prophet is consoled with a disclosure of the glorious result. 'i' he period approached, which would conclude the' adversities of the Church in Babylon. The Lord would then manifest his remem brance of the rubbish and the, , st9nes of Zion, encompass his people with songs of deliverance, and add splendour and dignity to the cause of religion. The sighs of the prisoner had ascended before Him, and the nations'would know, that Israel had not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God. At the time appointed the ransomed of the Lord would return to Zion, and Jerusalem be builded upon her own heap, and this work, opposed and impeded. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.